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AaS! 234: How Could We Turn the Sun into a Telescope? Oct 15, 2024

How do gravitational lenses work? Where would a spacecraft need to be to use the Sun’s gravity as a telescope? What could we learn about exoplanets with this on weird trick? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 233: Why Do We Care About Methane on Mars? Oct 01, 2024

What’s behind the Martian Methane Mystery? Is it a sign of life, or just some strange chemical process? Or are we just fooling ourselves? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 232: Is Space Tourism a Good Idea? Sep 17, 2024

Why are private space companies pushing tourism? Is there a future for tourism in space? Is this an overall good thing for space exploration, or just a distraction? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 231: What Made the Local Bubble? Sep 03, 2024

Where do we live within the galaxy? What shapes the local bubble? How long will we be inside it? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 230: Is the Universe Making Any New Galaxies? Aug 20, 2024

How do galaxies form and evolve? Is the universe still making new ones? What will happen to the current galaxies in the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 229: Is the James Webb Breaking Cosmology? Aug 06, 2024

What has the James Webb Space Telescope learned so far? Is it finding galaxies that “break” cosmology? What will we learn next? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 228: Can a Galaxy Be Destroyed? Jul 16, 2024

Can galaxies ever get destroyed? What happens to their stars? Do galaxies ever die? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 227: Where is the Center of the Universe? Jul 02, 2024

What does it mean for the universe to have a center? Could we ever travel to ours? What is a singularity? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 226: Does the Universe Get Shorter When You Go Faster? Jun 18, 2024

How does length contraction work in relativity? Do moving objects really get shorter? What about from their perspective? How are we supposed to make sense of any measurement? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 225: What is the Cosmic Flaw That Shouldn’t Exist? Jun 04, 2024

What is the “cold spot” on the cosmic microwave background? Why shouldn’t it exist? What are some possible explanations for it, and why are they unsatisfying? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 224: Can Life Survive on Locked Planets? May 21, 2024

How do planets get tidally locked? What are these systems typically like? Can life find a home in such a challenging environment? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 223: Why is it So Hard to Return to the Moon? May 07, 2024

If we went to the Moon already, why can’t we go back so easily? What technology have we lost? What are we trying to do differently? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 222: What is the Most Distant Thing We Can See? Apr 16, 2024

What’s the most distant thing we can see with the naked eye? What about with a telescope? What about at other wavelengths? Is there anything more to see? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 221: Will Emergent Gravity Rewrite Physics? Apr 02, 2024

What is “emergence” in physics and why is it a big deal? What would it mean for gravity to be emergent? How would we have to rewrite the laws of physics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 220: Will Our Universe End in a Big Rip? Mar 19, 2024

How can a “big rip” tear the universe apart? What does that mean for existence itself? Is it going to happen, and what are we doing to find out? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 219: What's the Best Way to Defend Our Planet? Mar 05, 2024

How do we track dangerous asteroids? What can impacts do to us? What do we plan to do if The Big One is headed for us? Is Armageddon a documentary? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 218: How Do We Know What the Milky Way Looks Like? Feb 20, 2024

Why is it so hard to get a picture of the Milky Way? How much of our galaxy have we mapped? What the heck is a “barred spiral” and what does that have to do with our core? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 217: Will We Achieve Fusion Power Soon? Feb 06, 2024

How do we achieve nuclear fusion in the laboratory? What are some experiments that are trying to achieve fusion power generation? Why is it so difficult? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 216: Do Aliens Look Like Us? Jan 16, 2024

Is evolution universal throughout the cosmos? What are the different forms that life can take? When did life first appear in the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 215: How Does Science Regain Trust? Jan 02, 2024

What forces people to lose trust in science? How does this affect the process of science itself? What are scientists doing to make this worse? How can we fix it? In this special episode themed from my latest book, I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 214: Is Empty Space Really...Empty? Dec 19, 2023

What’s floating around in space between all the stuff? Are there any truly empty places in the universe? What is the “fabric” of spacetime? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 213: How Were Ancient Astronomers So Good? Dec 05, 2023

How were ancient people able to predict eclipses so well? How did they make predictions without modern science? What were they able to discover? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 212: Where Do All the Elements Come From? Nov 21, 2023

What processes create all the elements? Why are some elements more common than others? How does fusion happen inside and outside of a star? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 211: Will AI Take Over Astronomy? Nov 07, 2023

How long have astronomers been using artificial intelligence? How do computers sift through massive amounts of data? Will AI discover something new about the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 210: How Does Space Affect the Climate? Oct 17, 2023

What triggers ice ages and other climate events? How are sunspot cycles and orbital motions related to climate patterns? What does Jupiter have to do with all this? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 209: What Secrets Are Hiding in Triton? Oct 03, 2023

What’s so cool about Triton? How did it end up in orbit around Neptune, and what can we learn from it? Could we send a mission there one day? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 208: Where Are All the White Holes? Sep 19, 2023

How are white holes different from black holes? What would happen if you were stuck inside of one? Why don’t they appear in the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 207: How Far Do We Travel in Our Lives? Sep 05, 2023

What is the combined motion of everything in the universe? How does all of that influence us? Are we just going around in circles, or is there something more? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 206: What are the Weirdest Names in Astronomy? Aug 15, 2023

What are some wild stories behind names in astronomy and physics? How did we get the jargon words that we did? What are some of the funniest names? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 205: What's the Difference Between Science and Pseudoscience? Aug 01, 2023

What’s the difference between science and pseudoscience? What is a scientific mindset? How are we able to spot pseudoscience when it’s happening? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 204: How did Annie Jump Cannon Bring Order to the Universe? Jul 18, 2023

How was massive astronomy done in the 1800’s? Who were the Harvard Computers? How did Annie Jump Cannon figure out how to classify stars? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 203: Is the Universe a Giant Black Hole? Jul 04, 2023

Why didn’t the big bang collapse in a singularity? What would a universe-sized black hole be like? Now that I think about it, do we live inside a giant black hole already? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 202: Could the Earth Leave the Solar System? Jun 13, 2023

Could we nudge the orbit of the Earth to avoid the death of the Sun? Could it get kicked out of the solar system altogether? What are rogue exoplanets? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 201: How Does Light Slow Down? Jun 06, 2023

If light always travels at the speed of light, how does it slow down when passing through air or water? Does it matter if light is made of particles or waves? What’s the difference between phase velocity and group velocity, and how does that all play into this? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 200: What are the Top 5 Mysteries in Astronomy? May 16, 2023

What are the biggest mysteries facing modern astronomers? What questions do I wish could be answered in my lifetime? What are most astronomers working on right now? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 199: What are the Top 5 Discoveries of All Time in Astronomy? May 02, 2023

What discoveries and insights made the biggest impacts in astronomy and physics? What were the biggest surprises? What results took the longest to achieve? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 198: What's So Weird About Black Hole Shadows? Apr 18, 2023

How does a black hole make a shadow? What can we learn from it? What are we seeing when we look at a black hole? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 197: Which is Better, Human or Robotic Exploration? Apr 04, 2023

What are the advantages of robotic exploration of the solar system? What are the limitations? Is there any situation where human exploration is better? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 196: Could We Ever Build a Dyson Sphere? Mar 21, 2023

What are Dyson spheres? What would be involved in building one? How much energy would it cost, and could we ever pay it back? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 195: How Cold Can Space Get? Mar 07, 2023

What’s the temperature of deep space? Can it get any colder than that? How do we even define temperature when there’s nothing around? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 194: Does the Universe Rotate? Feb 21, 2023

How do we know that the universe doesn’t rotate? Why would it matter if it did? What does all this have to do with time travel? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 193: What are the Blue Stragglers? Feb 07, 2023

What are blue straggler stars? How were they first discovered? What do they tell us about star clusters and the evolution of stars? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 192: Can Tachyons Exist? Jan 17, 2023

Is it possible for anything to travel faster than light? What about tachyons? How would faster-than-light travel break causality? And just what the heck is causality, anyway? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 191: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 9: Both/And) Jan 03, 2023

Part 9! What is the role of consciousness in quantum mechanics, if there even is one? Is there any way at all to develop a coherent view of nature based on quantum mechanics? What are the ultimate lessons that we can learn from quantum mechanics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 190: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 8: For Nothing is Hidden) Dec 20, 2022

Part 8! What is real in quantum mechanics, and what are mere mathematical tricks? Can the probability waves be real, and what would that mean? What is Pilot-Wave theory? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 189: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 7: Many Worlds, Infinite Possibilities) Dec 06, 2022

Part 7! What is the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics? How does decoherence play a critical role? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this idea? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 188: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 6: Einstein’s Revenge) Nov 15, 2022

Part 6! What were Einstein’s objections to quantum mechanics? Why was he so bothered by non-locality? What is the EPR paradox? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 187: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 5: Dreams of Copenhagen) Nov 01, 2022

Part 5! What is the Copenhagen interpretation? How did the debates between Heisenberg and Schrodinger influence later physicists? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the “shut up and calculate” approach to quantum mechanics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 186: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 4: It’s a Quantum, Quantum, Quantum World) Oct 18, 2022

Part 4! What are the basic lessons of quantum mechanics? What does quantum mechanics teach us about the nature of reality? How does a quantum worldview differ from a classical one? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 185: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 3: There and Back Again) Oct 04, 2022

Part 3! Who developed quantum theory and why? What experiments motivated the creation of quantum mechanics? How was quantum mechanics a total break from classical physics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 184: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 2: Quantum Mechanics 102) Sep 20, 2022

Part 2! How do physicists understand quantum mechanics? What are the postulates and principles of quantum mechanics? How do the foundations of quantum mechanics compare to other theories? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 183: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 1: This Way to the Weird) Sep 06, 2022

Part 1! Where does quantum theory fit in the larger tapestry of physics? What is the domain of quantum mechanics? And most importantly, what are the limits of quantum physics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 182: Wait, Super-Atoms are a Real Thing? Aug 16, 2022

How do you make a super-atom? What can they be used for? What does this mean for quantum mechanics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 181: What is the Principle of Least Action? Aug 02, 2022

What makes the principle of least action so important? Who came up with it? Is it all just a bunch of math or does it actually mean something? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 180: How Does Pulsar Timing Work? Jul 19, 2022

What is a pulsar? How can we use them to map gravitational waves? What kind of technology does it take? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 179: What are the Alternatives to Dark Matter? Jul 05, 2022

What are some of the problems with dark matter? What about modified gravity? Are there any other solutions? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 178: How Big Can Planets Get? Jun 21, 2022

How big can a rocky planet get? Can a rocky planet turn into a gas giant? Why are some planets rocky and others gassy? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 177: How Do Black Holes Affect Their Galaxies? Jun 07, 2022

How do giant black holes shut off star formation? How do they turn it back on? Which came first, the black hole or the galaxy? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 176: Why is Gravity So Weak? May 17, 2022

How did gravity get so ridiculously weak? Could it be related to extra dimensions? What does string theory and the concept of the “bulk” have to do with it? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 175: Should We Be Afraid of the Dipole Repeller? May 03, 2022

What is the dipole repeller? Why is it a dipole? What is it repelling? What is the Bootes Void and how is it connected to dark energy? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 174: What Solves the Twin Paradox? Apr 19, 2022

What does everybody think is the twin paradox? What's the REAL twin paradox? How is the paradox resolved, and what does it teach us about synchronicity? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 173: How Does Radioactive Decay Work? Apr 05, 2022

How was radioactive decay discovered? What are the different kinds of decay? How does quantum mechanics make all this happen? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 172: What Are Some Alternatives to the Big Bang Theory? Mar 15, 2022

What makes the Big Bang theory so successful? How were alternatives ruled out? What are the electric universe and steady state theories? Do any other options remain, like conformal cyclic cosmology? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 171: What are Lagrange Points? Mar 01, 2022

Why are Lagrange points so crucial to astronomy? What makes even simple gravity so difficult? How do you “put” something at a Lagrange point? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 170: What’s So Fine About the Fine Structure Constant? Feb 15, 2022

What is the fine structure constant? Where does it come from? Why is it so important? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 169: What Is Loop Quantum Gravity? Feb 01, 2022

Why do we care about loop quantum gravity? Is it a viable path to uniting quantum mechanics and general relativity? What does it mean for spacetime to be discrete? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 168: Can We Get Some Love for Globular Clusters? Jan 18, 2022

How are globular clusters so old? Where did they come from, and how are they linked to galaxy formation? What makes them so globular, anyway? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 167: Do We Live In a Giant Simulation? Jan 04, 2022

What is the simulation hypothesis? Is it just pseudoscience? How do we grapple with its implications? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 166: What’s the Truth Behind ‘Oumuamua? Dec 21, 2021

Where did ‘Oumuamua come from? What is it made of, and how did it end up here? Is it really an artifact of an alien civilization? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 165: What Comes After the James Webb Space Telescope? Dec 07, 2021

What missions will come after the James Webb Space Telescope launches? What new discoveries await us? How long will they take to start? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 164: Where Can We Find Diamond Rain? Nov 16, 2021

How do giant planets make diamond rain? Does it really, you know, rain? Where does diamond rain exist? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 163: Will Our Universe End in a False Vacuum Decay? Nov 02, 2021

What is a vacuum, and what makes a false one? What happened in the early universe to bring about our current physics? Will it happen again? If so, when? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 162: What the Heck are Gamma Ray Bursts? Oct 19, 2021

What are the different kinds of gamma ray bursts? What powers them? What do we still have to understand about them? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 161: Is There a Crisis in Cosmology? RELOADED Oct 05, 2021

Is there more to say about the “crisis in cosmology”? What are the fundamental disagreements? Is there any way out of this mess? Why am I talking about it again? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 160: What’s the Best Way to Search for Life? Sep 21, 2021

What kind of signals are we searching for from aliens? What are technosignatures and biosignatures? How are we looking for non-intelligent life? Is there any hope of finding life in our own solar system? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 159: Why Should We Geek Out Over Maxwell? Sep 07, 2021

Why is James Clerk Maxwell so dang awesome? How was he able to unify the forces of electricity and magnetism? Why was his work so revolutionary? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 158: What’s So Groovy About Gravitational Waves? (Part 2) Aug 17, 2021

Part 2 of 2! How did the observation of a kilonova change astronomy? How did that one observation kill off alternate models of gravity? What’s in store for the future of gravitational waves? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 157: What’s So Groovy About Gravitational Waves? (Part 1) Aug 03, 2021

Part 1! What are gravitational waves? What makes them? How can we detect them here on Earth, and why is it a big deal? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

Audio Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab

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AaS! 156: What are Asteroids Good For? Jul 20, 2021

What are the different kinds of asteroids? What are they made of? How can we send missions to capture them, and what will we do once we get one? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 155: Who’s Going To Clean Up All That Space Junk? Jul 06, 2021

How did so much junk get up in space? How can we clean it up? How is it making light pollution worse? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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Video credits: NASA, ESA, Planck, WMAP, Illustris

AaS! 154: Is There REALLY a Crisis in Cosmology? Jun 15, 2021

How do we measure the age of the universe? Why are different methods giving different results? How do we solve this problem? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 153: What is a Black Hole Firewall, and Do They Really Exist?? Jun 01, 2021

What is a black hole firewall? How does it solve some paradoxes when it comes to black holes? Do the firewalls actually exist? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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00:00 Event Horizons

04:25 Hawking Radiation and the Information Paradox

09:41 Black Hole Complementarity

14:21 Entanglement and the Revenge of the Paradox

16:59 The Firewall

Video credits: NASA, Andrew Hamilton

AaS! 152: Could We Really Terraform Mars? May 18, 2021

What killed Mars billions of years ago? How can we kickstart a warming trend to transform Mars to look like Earth? What kind of technology do we need, and how well will it work? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 151: How Do Quantum Computers Work? May 04, 2021

What makes quantum computers so powerful? What kinds of problems can they solve? How do we actually build one? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 150: Why Don’t Neutrinos Make Any Sense? Apr 20, 2021

How did we discover neutrinos? What don’t they make any sense? Why do they have mass, and how do they change their identities? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 149: Is the Universe a Fractal? Apr 06, 2021

Is our universe a fractal? How do we test this? Are there any places in the universe that look like fractals? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 148: What’s Outside the Universe? Mar 16, 2021

What is the meaning of the horizon of the universe? Is the Earth in a special place? What’s the “dark flow”? Can this explain dark energy? Why don’t we believe it anymore? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 147: What’s the Deal with the Uncertainty Principle? Mar 02, 2021

What are the origins of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle? Is there any way to cheat it? What does this all have to do with waves? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 146: Astro101 Part 8 - What is the Future of Astronomy? Feb 16, 2021

It’s time for school! The Astro101 series will cover some of the most important questions in astronomy. In today’s lesson, we’ll have: What does it take to have a career in astronomy? What does a professional astronomer actually do? What can you do to help astronomy? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 145: Astro101 Part 7 - What is the Universe? Feb 02, 2021

It’s time for school! The Astro101 series will cover some of the most important questions in astronomy. In today’s lesson, we’ll have: How did the universe begin? How will it end? What’s going on in here and how did we learn all this? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 144: Astro101 Part 6 - What are Galaxies? Jan 19, 2021

It’s time for school! The Astro101 series will cover some of the most important questions in astronomy. In today’s lesson, we’ll have: What is a galaxy? What does our own galaxy look like? What are the different kinds of galaxies, and how did they get that way? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 143: Astro101 Part 5 - What are Neutron Stars, White Dwarfs, and Black Holes? Jan 05, 2021

It’s time for school! The Astro101 series will cover some of the most important questions in astronomy. In today’s lesson, we’ll have: What is a white dwarf? What is a neutron star? What is a black hole? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 142: Astro101 Part 4 - What Happens When Stars Die? Dec 15, 2020

It’s time for school! The Astro101 series will cover some of the most important questions in astronomy. In today’s lesson, we have: What’s the difference between a “dwarf” and “giant” star? How are stars born? What happens when stars die? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 141: Astro101 Part 3 - What is a Star? Dec 01, 2020

It’s time for school! The Astro101 series will cover some of the most important questions in astronomy. In today’s lesson, we’ll have: What are the different kinds of stars? Why does classification in astronomy make no sense? How the heck do we define a “star”, anyway? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 140: Astro101 Part 2 - Who lives in the solar system? Nov 17, 2020

It’s time for school! The Astro101 series will cover some of the most important questions in astronomy. In today’s lesson, we’ll have: How did the solar system form? What is a “planet” and who decided that? Just how much space is in space? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 139: Astro101 Part 1 - Why bother with astronomy? Nov 03, 2020

It’s time for school! The Astro101 series will cover some of the most important questions in astronomy. In today’s lesson, we’ll have: Why did people used to study astronomy? Why do they continue to study astronomy? What’s the deal with all this weird jargon? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 138: Could the "emdrive" really work? Oct 20, 2020

What does the “emdrive” claim to do? How does it violate almost all of known physics? What were the problems with the experiments? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 137: What's really at the center of a black hole? Oct 06, 2020

What can possibly replace the singularity? What are Planck stars and Gravastars? What’s it like to fall into a rotating black hole? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 136: Can planets survive the death of their star? Sep 15, 2020

When stars die, do their planets die too? What can possibly survive after a supernova explosion? How will the death of the sun affect our solar system? Can zombie planets rise from the dead? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 135: Why Aren't There More Black Physicists? Sep 01, 2020

What are the accomplishments of black astronomers and physicists? Why does diversity remain so low in higher education, especially physics? What can we do to prevent bias and discrimination? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 134: Is there a fifth force of nature? Aug 18, 2020

Are there more than four forces of nature? Is dark matter connected to dark energy? What the heck are dark photons? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 133: How do we know the Earth is curved? Aug 04, 2020

Why do people believe the Earth is flat? How do we know it’s curved? Is a debate even worth it? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 132: What did Einstein get wrong? Jul 21, 2020

Was Einstein ever wrong? How did he miss out on a major prediction for the universe? What was his major beef with quantum mechanics? How did he go from quantum believer to quantum hater? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 131: What's so cool about the TRAPPIST-1 system? Jul 07, 2020

Why is the TRAPPIST-1 system so fascinating? Is it really habitable? How are we figuring all this out? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 130: What's the most amazing thing about the universe? Jun 16, 2020

What blows me away about the universe? How is it all connected? How does universality give physics the power to explain everything? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 129: Did the big bang make black holes? Jun 02, 2020

What kind of crazy physics made primordial black holes? What does that have to do with the LIGO observations of merging black holes? How can we possibly detect them? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 128: Why are we missing all the baryons? May 19, 2020

What is the “missing baryon problem”? How do we know how many baryons there ought to be? What does the cosmic web have to do with it? What the heck is a baryon, anyway? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 127: What was Newton's big deal? May 05, 2020

What was Newton’s genius? Why was his work so controversial? Why are his laws of motion so radical? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 126: What's the wildest weather in the solar system? Apr 21, 2020

What makes the Earth’s atmosphere so special? What makes the atmospheres of other planets so special? Why are atmospheres so special anyway? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 125: Does Planet Nine exist? Apr 07, 2020

Why do we think the solar system might have another planet? Why do we think it doesn’t? How do test for something that’s too far away to see? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 124: Why is the speed of light the way it is? Mar 17, 2020

Why is the speed of light so important in physics? Why does the value not matter at all? And why does it have the speed that it does? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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How to Die in Space: Sneak Preview Mar 10, 2020

My next book, How to Die in Space, is coming out June 2020! Here's a special sneak preview reading from the book, and info about how you can get a free autographed copy!

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AaS! 123: What powers a hypernova? Mar 03, 2020

How can a supernova become even more powerful? Why do we have such a hard time studying them, let alone defining them? What happens when you let a giant star unleash its full potential? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 122: Is String Theory Worth It? (Part 8: An Armageddon of Strings) Feb 18, 2020

How did String Theory get started? What has made the idea so popular over the decades? Can we ever truly have a theory of quantum gravity? What is supersymmetry, the landscape, and the AdS/CFT Correspondence? What do holograms have to do with this? How many dimensions do we live in? Why does String Theory have such a hard time making predictions? How are we supposed to judge a theory that isn’t done yet? It’s a non-stop String Theory bonanza as I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 121: Is String Theory Worth It? (Part 7: A Correspondence from a Dear Friend) Feb 04, 2020

How did String Theory get started? What has made the idea so popular over the decades? Can we ever truly have a theory of quantum gravity? What is supersymmetry, the landscape, and the AdS/CFT Correspondence? What do holograms have to do with this? How many dimensions do we live in? Why does String Theory have such a hard time making predictions? How are we supposed to judge a theory that isn’t done yet? It’s a non-stop String Theory bonanza as I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 120: Is String Theory Worth It? (Part 6: We Should Probably Test This) Jan 21, 2020

How did String Theory get started? What has made the idea so popular over the decades? Can we ever truly have a theory of quantum gravity? What is supersymmetry, the landscape, and the AdS/CFT Correspondence? What do holograms have to do with this? How many dimensions do we live in? Why does String Theory have such a hard time making predictions? How are we supposed to judge a theory that isn’t done yet? It’s a non-stop String Theory bonanza as I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 119: Is String Theory Worth It? (Part 5: Duality of the Fates) Jan 07, 2020

How did String Theory get started? What has made the idea so popular over the decades? Can we ever truly have a theory of quantum gravity? What is supersymmetry, the landscape, and the AdS/CFT Correspondence? What do holograms have to do with this? How many dimensions do we live in? Why does String Theory have such a hard time making predictions? How are we supposed to judge a theory that isn’t done yet? It’s a non-stop String Theory bonanza as I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 118: Is String Theory Worth It? (Part 4: What We Need is a Superhero) Dec 17, 2019

How did String Theory get started? What has made the idea so popular over the decades? Can we ever truly have a theory of quantum gravity? What is supersymmetry, the landscape, and the AdS/CFT Correspondence? What do holograms have to do with this? How many dimensions do we live in? Why does String Theory have such a hard time making predictions? How are we supposed to judge a theory that isn’t done yet? It’s a non-stop String Theory bonanza as I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 117: Is String Theory Worth It? (Part 3: Dimension is Destiny) Dec 03, 2019

How did String Theory get started? What has made the idea so popular over the decades? Can we ever truly have a theory of quantum gravity? What is supersymmetry, the landscape, and the AdS/CFT Correspondence? What do holograms have to do with this? How many dimensions do we live in? Why does String Theory have such a hard time making predictions? How are we supposed to judge a theory that isn’t done yet? It’s a non-stop String Theory bonanza as I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 116: Is String Theory Worth It? (Part 2: Tuning the Strings) Nov 19, 2019

How did String Theory get started? What has made the idea so popular over the decades? Can we ever truly have a theory of quantum gravity? What is supersymmetry, the landscape, and the AdS/CFT Correspondence? What do holograms have to do with this? How many dimensions do we live in? Why does String Theory have such a hard time making predictions? How are we supposed to judge a theory that isn’t done yet? It’s a non-stop String Theory bonanza as I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 115: Is String Theory Worth It? (Part 1: Unify This!) Nov 05, 2019

How did String Theory get started? What has made the idea so popular over the decades? Can we ever truly have a theory of quantum gravity? What is supersymmetry, the landscape, and the AdS/CFT Correspondence? What do holograms have to do with this? How many dimensions do we live in? Why does String Theory have such a hard time making predictions? How are we supposed to judge a theory that isn’t done yet? It’s a non-stop String Theory bonanza as I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 114: How did spectroscopy revolutionize astronomy? Oct 15, 2019

How did chemists save astronomy? What’s so important about the spectrum, and how are they made? How can we tell what things in space are made out of? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 113: Is the James Webb Space Telescope worth the wait? Oct 01, 2019

Why is infrared astronomy so hard? How do we fit giant telescopes into tiny rockets? What will the James Webb uncover? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 112: Why can't I quantum tunnel myself? Sep 17, 2019

Where does the quantum world begin? Why do we have a hard time fundamentally understanding quantum systems? What connects quantum and classical physics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 111: What's it like to fall into a black hole? (redux) Sep 03, 2019

What’s it like to fall into a black hole (again)? What does the outside universe look like? Is there any way to avoid your grisly fate at the singularity? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 110: Is the universe really predictable? Aug 20, 2019

What is chaos theory? How can something be both deterministic and unpredictable? Is there are hope at all for physics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 109: What are the mysterious cosmic strings? Aug 06, 2019

How do cracks appear in spacetime? What does it have to do with symmetry? Could we ever hope to find a cosmic string? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 108: What do we learn from eclipses? Jul 16, 2019

Why is it so hard to predict solar eclipses? How did Newton and Halley team up to solve it? What have we learned from solar eclipses since then? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 107: Is interstellar travel possible? Jul 02, 2019

How hard is interstellar travel? What are the possible ways to achieve the required energy? Is there anything at all feasible in the works? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 106: How do we measure the expansion of the universe? Jun 18, 2019

What’s the deal with redshift? How can we actually interpret velocities when it comes to cosmic expansion? And what’s with the recent tension over measuring the expansion rate? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 105: Is everything a wave or a particle, and why does my head hurt? Jun 04, 2019

Is light made of waves or particles? Is matter made of waves or particles? What does it mean for matter to “wave”, anyway? Why is this so hard to understand? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 104: What turned Venus into hell? May 21, 2019

What’s so bad about Venus, besides everything? How did it get so bad? And are we next? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 103: What's wrong with the cosmic calendar? May 07, 2019

What is the “cosmic calendar”? What are some important scales in the universe? Why is it so hard to judge “importance” of events? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 102: What are the mighty clusters of galaxies? Apr 16, 2019

What are galaxy clusters made of, besides galaxies? How can we use them to understand dark matter? And how can we make pretend ones on a computer? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 101: What is the black hole information paradox? Apr 02, 2019

What is “information” in physics? Why do we think it’s preserved, and what happens to information when it falls into a black hole? Why is this a problem? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 100: Why avoid the cosmic voids? Mar 19, 2019

How do cosmic voids form? What do they teach us about dark energy? What did the early universe look like? What does all this have to do with cupcakes? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 99: Do we live in the multiverse? Mar 05, 2019

What’s the difference between the universe and the multiverse? How can cosmic inflation make bubble universes? Do those universes get different physics? If I travel far enough away, will I meet…myself? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 98: Who's in charge of the quantum world? Feb 19, 2019

How did Max Planck accidentally discover quantum mechanics? Why is his constant so special? What happens at the quantum level? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 97: What makes the strong force so strong? Feb 05, 2019

Why is the strong force better known as the “color force”? What’s the best way to think about protons and quarks? What do the Three Musketeers have to do with anything? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 96: Hey, who took all the antimatter? Jan 15, 2019

Why are matter and antimatter symmetric? What happened in the early universe to make matter win? Do we have any clue as to why? What do puppies have to do with it? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 95: Does light experience time? (and other mysteries) Jan 01, 2019

What does ‘time’ mean for light? What is the real lesson of the twin paradox? How can we all agree on the true age of the universe? Why is it all so technical? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 94: How did we figure out that stuff is made of atoms? Dec 18, 2018

How and when did we realize that atoms exist? How did we learn to understand their properties? How was Ernest Rutherford hogging all the science for himself? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 93: Does the Oort Cloud Exist? Dec 04, 2018

Where is the Oort Cloud and what is it made of? Why do we think some comets come from there? If the Oort Cloud exists, how did it form? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 92: I give up, what is time? Nov 20, 2018

What makes time so hard to understand? Why is it so different from the spatial dimensions? Is time in any way connected to that most difficult of concepts, entropy? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 91: Could we blow up a star? Nov 06, 2018

How much energy is needed to blow up the sun? How is this connected to the idea of binding energy? Where is all the energy in the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 90: Why are brown dwarf stars so weird? Oct 16, 2018

What do brown dwarfs teach us about stars? What do they teach us about planets? What keeps them warm, and how long do they live? And are they really brown? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 89: What makes all the light? Oct 02, 2018

What are the many sources of light in the universe? Why is a spectrum so important? What’s the difference between synchrotron and Cherenkov radiation? What’s the best word ever in physics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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A Reading from the Book of Paul Sep 25, 2018

Today I'm reading a sample from my new book, Your Place in the Universe!

I'm also sharing details about how you can a) buy the book, b) contribute to my Patreon to get an autographed copy, c) get my book tour to swing by your neighborhood, and d) buy the book some more!

AaS! 88: Is the Drake Equation useful? Sep 18, 2018

What does the Drake Equation teach us about extraterrestrial civilizations? What does it NOT teach us? What complexities does it hide? Is it even science? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 87: How do magnets work? Sep 04, 2018

What’s the connection between motion and magnetism? How can something like a black hole have a magnetic field? What’s the connection to quantum mechanics? How did Einstein use magnetism to develop special relativity? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 86: Why do we need cosmic inflation? (Part 2) Aug 21, 2018

Part 2! What was going in the very early universe? How does inflation provide the seeds of larger structures? How can we possibly test this? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 85: Why do we need cosmic inflation? (Part 1) Aug 07, 2018

Part 1! What are some weaknesses with the standard Big Bang model? What are the horizon and flatness problems? How does accelerated expansion solve these? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 84: How does dark energy accelerate the universe? Jul 17, 2018

What is the cosmological constant? How is the expansion of the universe related to quantum fields? How does a vacuum energy produce accelerated expansion? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 83: Can entangled particles communicate faster than light? Jul 03, 2018

What is a quantum state? How can two particles share the same state? What is entanglement, and does it really allow for faster-than-light communication? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 82: What awoke the cosmic dawn? Jun 19, 2018

Were the dark ages really dark? What is a perturbation, and how did they grow in the early universe? When the first stars awoke, what happened? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 81: How do you build a rocket-ship? Jun 05, 2018

What does momentum have to do with rockets? Why are nozzles so dang important? What is a “potent mixture”, anyway? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 80: What made the "OMG Particle" so special? May 15, 2018

What is the so-called “OMG Particle”? Where could it possibly come from, and how are magnetic fields involved? How can we detect these cosmic rays? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 79: Seriously, what is gravity? (Part 3) May 01, 2018

Part 3! How did Einstein develop General Relativity? What does it mean for different kinds of masses to be equivalent? How does gravity do what it does? Why is curvature so important in understanding gravity? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 78: Seriously, what is gravity? (Part 2) Apr 17, 2018

Part 2! How did Einstein develop General Relativity? What does it mean for different kinds of masses to be equivalent? How does gravity do what it does? Why is curvature so important in understanding gravity? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 77: Seriously, what is gravity? (Part 1) Apr 03, 2018

Part 1! How did Einstein develop General Relativity? What does it mean for different kinds of masses to be equivalent? How does gravity do what it does? Why is curvature so important in understanding gravity? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 76: Iceland Question Bonanza! Mar 20, 2018

Where did all the monopoles go? Do other planets have auroras? Can binary stars host planets? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! A very special edition recorded in Vik, Iceland, where I answered questions from the AstroTourists who joined me for the excursion.

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Hosted by Paul M. Sutter, astrophysicist at The Ohio State University, Chief Scientist at COSI Science Center, and the one and only Agent to the Stars (http://www.pmsutter.com).

AaS! 75: Why is Iceland so warm? Mar 06, 2018

What makes Iceland so warm despite its high latitude? What powers everything from glaciers to geysers? How are the aurora connected to volcanoes? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! A very special edition recorded in Vik, Iceland, where I gave a special talk on the forces fighting for balance underneath and above the island.

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AaS! 74: Why are small stars such a big deal? Feb 20, 2018

Why are small stars red? Why are small stars so common? Why are small stars so interesting for the hunt for life? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 73: Why should we believe the big bang? Feb 06, 2018

What did Hubble really discover? Why does redshift imply an expanding universe? Why is the night sky dark? Why is there so much hydrogen, and how is that connected to the Big Bang? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 72: How does gravity make a lens? Jan 16, 2018

How does gravity bend the path of light? Does it seriously act like a lens or is that just a metaphor? What does it take, and how do we know? What can we learn from this strange physics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 71: Who lives in the particle zoo? Jan 02, 2018

What strange creatures inhabit the so-called “particle zoo”? Why is it a zoo instead of something simpler? Is there anything that connects the forces and particles of our universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 70: Can we have some quark stars, please? Dec 19, 2017

How does degeneracy pressure work? What kinds of particles exist below the level of neutrons? Can they hold up a star against gravity? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AstroTour: Atacama Dark Sky Retreat Dec 08, 2017

Join me for an all new AstroTour adventure, one that I'm personally very excited about: a trip to the Atacama Desert of Chile to spend a week at an all-inclusive stargazing resort! The trip is perfectly timed to hit the Geminid meteor shower, explore the ALMA telescope facility, and enjoy some of the darkest, clearest skies in the world.

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AaS! 69: What makes a blazar blaze so brightly? Dec 05, 2017

What powers a quasar? Just how strong is a blazar? What’s the connection to giant black holes? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 68: Do we live in a hologram? Nov 21, 2017

What’s the idea behind the holographic principle? What does it have to do with black holes and the early universe? Does this…mean something? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 67: Why can't I be an astrophysicist? Nov 07, 2017

Why is it tough to become a scientific researcher? What are some of the barriers in the field? Are there any other options? I have a PhD - now what? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 66: What in the world is metallic hydrogen? Oct 17, 2017

What in the world is metallic hydrogen? What does it even mean? Where does it exist in nature, and can we make it in the lab? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 65: How does one become an astrophysicist? Oct 03, 2017

How does one become an astrophysicist? What are the challenges and rewards of that kind of career? Are there even any jobs? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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All about the "Sea and the Stars" AstroTour Sep 26, 2017

Fraser Cain and I are leading another starry-eyed adventure, this time to the beautiful caribbean on a 7-day cruise, featuring tours of the Kennedy Space Center, star viewing every night, at-sea talks and show recordings, and explorations of Mayan ruins! Visit www.astrotouring.com for more info!

AaS! 64: What fate awaits the Voyagers? Sep 19, 2017

Why were the Voyager missions so important? Where are they now, and where are they going? What is their ultimate fate? And that Golden Record…good idea or bad idea? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 63: How are we to understand quantum spin? Sep 05, 2017

What does it mean for an electron to spin? Why do we have such a hard time measuring it? And why doesn’t Paul Dirac get any attention anymore, anyway? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 62: Why do some stars blow up? Aug 15, 2017

What’s the balancing act happening inside stars? Why is iron the fusion limit? How long does it take for a star to blow? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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Update and Space Radio Preview Aug 08, 2017

A quick update on Patreon, Astrotours, and a preview of the new Space Radio show!

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AaS! 61: Where do giant magnetic fields come from? Aug 01, 2017

How does the universe generate giant magnetic fields? Is it astrophysical or primordial? How do we find them anyway? Why am I not talking about Maxwell? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 60: What's the Deal with Time Crystals? Jul 18, 2017

What’s the deal with time crystals? Do they break physics as we know it? Or are they merely…neat? What do symmetries and the conservation of energy have to do with it? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 59: Do Black Holes Exist? Jul 04, 2017

Do black holes exist, or are they merely theoretical constructs? What’s the evidence? And what about the singularity, surely that doesn’t happen, right? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 58: Is time travel possible? Jun 20, 2017

Does everyone have the same clock? Can we skip forward into the future? What about the past? Why does it appear to be forbidden in our universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 57: What's the matter with dark matter? Jun 06, 2017

How is the bullet cluster the “smoking gun” for dark matter? Why aren’t alternate theories of gravity satisfactory? Could dark matter just be a bunch of black holes? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 56: What is the "Axis of Evil"? May 16, 2017

Just how mediocre are we? I’ve heard there’s an “axis of evil” in space - what’s up with that? Is there anything special about our position within the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 55: Does dark energy exist? May 02, 2017

How do we measure the expansion history of the universe? Why are supernovae so dang useful? Come on, what’s with this “dark energy” business? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 54: What happens when galaxies collide? Apr 18, 2017

What happens during a galaxy merger event? Is dark matter involved? How do we use simulations to learn about these processes that last hundreds of millions of years? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 53: Why is the Higgs boson important? (Part 2) Apr 04, 2017

Part Two! What’s the relationship between the Higgs Boson and mass? What does that even mean, and how do we go about detecting it? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 52: Why is the Higgs Boson important? (Part 1) Mar 21, 2017

Part One! What does the Higgs Boson mean? What role does it play in the forces of nature? What makes it so special? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 51: What has New Horizons learned about Pluto? Mar 07, 2017

What has New Horizons taught us about Pluto so far? What’s going on under the ice? Why does the “heart” of Pluto still beat? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 50: What's up with Saturn's rings? Feb 21, 2017

How (and when) did the rings of Saturn form? How are we to understand the complex systems of rings and gaps? How do the moons influence their shape? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 49: What were the most clever experiments of all time? Feb 07, 2017

What are the most clever physics and astronomy experiments of all time? What did we learn from them, and what made them so dang clever? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 48: Why are Kepler's Laws important? Jan 17, 2017

Why are Kepler’s Laws important? What was Kepler trying to understand? What connection did Kepler think he was making? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 47: What's the universe made of? Jan 03, 2017

What’s the universe made of? How is this connected to its age? What’s the connection between dark matter and dark energy? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 46: How to describe astronomy to the blind? Dec 20, 2016

How can the night sky be described to someone who can’t see it? What’s it like to do astronomy? What kind of feelings come into play? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 45: Wormholes - deal or no deal? Dec 06, 2016

Are wormholes real or what? How did we even start thinking of them? If we could build one, would it be possible to actually, you know, use it? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 44: How does the sun get spots? Nov 15, 2016

How do sunspots work? What do magnetic fields have to do with it? Who was Zeeman and why was his splitting so important? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 43: What's the Shape of the Universe? Nov 01, 2016

What’s the shape of the universe? What does it even mean for the universe to have a “shape”? If you traveled far enough, would you end up where you started? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 42: Where do "weird" radio signals come from? Oct 18, 2016

Where do “weird” radio signals come from? Is this the first time we thought something weird was happening in space? Why does it make the news so much? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 41: How do (regular) novas work? Oct 04, 2016

How do regular non-super-novas work? What’s the connection to white dwarves? Where do they happen and why should we care? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 40: Do black holes die? Sep 20, 2016

What’s the deal with Hawking Radiation? Does it really mean what we think it means? How do black holes form in the first place? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 39: Is there life on Europa? Sep 06, 2016

What’s going on under the ice of Europa? What keeps it so warm down there? Are the oceans pure or have the right chemistry for life? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 38: How do we see beyond the visible? Aug 16, 2016

How do we make observations beyond visible light? What exactly is a telescope? And what’s up with NASA adding colors to images? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 37: What is the cosmic microwave background (Part 2)? Aug 02, 2016

Part 2 of What is the cosmic microwave background? What causes those bumps and wiggles? What does it tell us about the early universe, and the universe we have today? What does the universe have to do with a tuba? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 36: What is the cosmic microwave background? (Part 1) Jul 19, 2016

What is the cosmic microwave background? How was it discovered? What did it have to do with the great debate between Big Bang theory and the Steady State model? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 35: What are "virtual particles"? Jul 05, 2016

What are virtual particles? What do they have to do with waving fields around? And why can’t physicists use meaningful jargon words? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 34: What is the Great Attractor? Jun 21, 2016

What is the so-called Great Attractor? What’s the Zone of Avoidance, and is it scary? What makes galaxies move in the first place? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 33: What if the moon disappeared? Jun 07, 2016

What would happen if the moon disappeared tomorrow? What makes it so special in the first place? Does it really *do* anything useful? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 32: Where do nebulae come from? May 17, 2016

How are nebulae formed or created? Where do they go when they’re done being nebulae? How is it linked to the formation of stars? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 31: How can the universe expand faster than light? May 03, 2016

How can the universe expand faster than the speed of light? What does it mean for Special Relativity to be “local”? Is there a conflict between General and Special Relativity? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 30: 2nd-Grade Question Bonanza! Apr 19, 2016

It’s a BONANZA, featuring a bunch of questions from second-graders! Including: Where’s the edge of the universe? How many rings does Saturn have? Are there Martians? And so much more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 29: Why does E=mc^2? Apr 05, 2016

Why does E=mc^2? Where does it come from? What’s the significance of that famous equation? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 28: What's the point in talking about science? Mar 15, 2016

In this very special episode, I discuss the importance of communicating science, a cool new project I’m working on (songofthestars.org), and how arts and science can be married to reveal the beauty of the universe.

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AaS! 27: How does gravity make waves? Mar 01, 2016

How did Einstein develop General Relativity? What does it mean for space to be curved anyway? And just how do these gravitational waves work, anyhow? I answer these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 26: Wolf-Rayet Stars: Sci-Fi or What? Feb 16, 2016

What’s so special about Wolf-Rayet stars? Do we even know how they work? And what does this all have to do with Paris? I answer these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 25: How do we know how far away stuff is...far away? Feb 02, 2016

How do we measure distances to…well, distant objects? What the heck is a Cepheid, and why is it useful? Standard candles? Standard rulers? Standard spheres? It all seems a bit much, don’t you think? I answer these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 24: What's the beef with quantum gravity? Jan 19, 2016

Why doesn’t quantum mechanics agree with general relativity? Will we ever have a quantum picture of gravity? What are some candidates? What does it have to do with cuss words?

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Aas! 23: What's up with exoplanets? Jan 05, 2016

What’s up with exoplanets? What’s the variety, and how do we detect them? How did Hot Jupiters get so hot, anyway?

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AaS! Transient Special: What was the Christmas star? Dec 22, 2015

It’s a special “transient” edition! What was the Christmas Star?

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AaS! 22: Question Bonanza! Dec 15, 2015

It’s a BONANZA! Featuring many questions from a live event, including: Is time travel possible? Can a galaxy eat itself? Will we ever run out of stars? And so much more!

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AaS! 21: Are we really made of stars? Dec 01, 2015

Are we really made of stars? How do we know? What does it mean for us? Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 20: How much light is in the universe? Nov 17, 2015

How much light is in the universe? What’s a “photon”? What’s the brightest thing out there? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! Special: What did you think of The Martian? Nov 12, 2015

It’s a super-special episode, featuring a discussion with me, my “Space in your Face” co-hosts Wayne Schlingman and Anna Nierenberg, and Laura Aurenschield from the Columbus Dispatch about our thoughts on The Martian!

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AaS! 19: How do planets get magnetic fields? Nov 03, 2015

How do planets get their magnetic fields? What’s a dynamo? What do magnetic fields have in common with plate tectonics? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 18: Is the universe dying? Oct 20, 2015

Is the universe dying? What is the ultimate fate of the universe? Will it transform into something else? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 17: What banged the Big Bang? Oct 06, 2015

What’s the history of the universe? What is the big bang? What came before? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 16: How do spiral galaxies form? Sep 15, 2015

How do spiral galaxies form? How do galaxies form in the first place, anyway? What’s so special about spirals that make them look so cool? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 15: Will we colonize Mars? Sep 01, 2015

Will we ever actually colonize Mars? Why is it so hard to get to space? What are the challenges specific to Mars? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 14: What is spacetime? (Part 2) Aug 18, 2015

How are space and time related? How long would it take to travel the Milky Way? What other tricks can you play with Special Relativity? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 14: What is spacetime? (Part 1) Aug 04, 2015

What is spacetime? What was the breakthrough idea that led Einstein to develop Special Relativity? Who was right: Newton or Maxwell? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 13: What the heck is a magnetar? Jul 21, 2015

What’s the difference between a neutron star and a magnetar? How do you make a neutron star? How do they get so magnetic? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 12: Is life possible around binary stars? Jul 07, 2015

Is Tatooine from Star Wars possible? What kind of binary stars are allowed? What would life be like around binary stars? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 011: What do we do in space? Jun 16, 2015

What kind of experiments do we do in space? Why do we even bother? Is there any benefit to having telescopes in orbit instead of on the ground? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 010: How do black holes form? Jun 02, 2015

How do black holes form? Why are there only two sizes (Small and Big Gulp)? How do we know black holes exist, and what purpose do they serve in the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 009: How big is the universe? May 19, 2015

How big is the universe? What’s outside the universe, and what are we expanding into? Can it even be put into words? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 008: Will a comet kill us all? May 05, 2015

What are the chances of a comet hitting the earth? What other stuff can fall from space? What would the effects be, and how much do we need to worry? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 007: How do we know that dark matter exists? Apr 21, 2015

How do we know that dark matter exists? Are you sure that scientists aren't just making things up because they're lazy? What makes it dark anyway? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman, Twitter@PaulMattSutter, http://www.Facebook.com/PaulMattSutter, and http://www.askaspaceman.com for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain.

AaS! 006: When did the first stars appear? Apr 07, 2015

When did the first stars appear in the universe? How long did they live? Was it awesome when they blew up? Are there any around today? Did the universe go through puberty? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman, Twitter@PaulMattSutter, http://www.Facebook.com/PaulMattSutter, and http://www.askaspaceman.com for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain.

AaS! Transient Special: When is the next eclipse? Mar 27, 2015

It’s a special “transient” episode featuring the questions of Finn and Zakk from Dr. Batchelder’s class in Corbridge, England. They are celebrating a partial solar eclipse and asked: Where will the eclipse be total? When we will see another eclipse? Have you ever seen an eclipse?

Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman, Twitter@PaulMattSutter, http://www.Facebook.com/PaulMattSutter, and http://www.askaspaceman.com for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain.

AaS! 005: Where did the oceans come from? Mar 20, 2015

Where did the oceans come from? Yeah, the answer is space, but are there any more details? Where does water come from anyway? Did the oceans come along with the earth or did they come later? Do we know anything about this at all? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman, Twitter@PaulMattSutter, http://www.Facebook.com/PaulMattSutter, and http://www.askaspaceman.com for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain.

AaS! 004: Are there aliens...out there? Feb 20, 2015

Are there aliens...you know, out there? What are the chances of life appearing somewhere, anywhere, in the universe? Will we get to say "hi" and have a chat? Is there any life in our own solar system (uh, besides on earth)? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman, Twitter@PaulMattSutter, http://www.Facebook.com/PaulMattSutter, and http://www.askaspaceman.com for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain.

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